Is it possible to create "Daily Reviews" based on random questions in Obsidian?

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Hey,
I need some advice :slight_smile:

I would like to create a daily / weekly / monthly review in Obsidian. For this I have created a list of questions i would like to ask myself each day in a txt-file (one question per line).

Now my question: is it possible in Obsidian (e.g. with the templater plugin or a script) to select 5 random questions from this list and insert them into my “Daily Notes”? If so, how to do that? And if not, is there a diffrent way or even plugin to do this?

I thank you in advance for your time and your suggestions :slight_smile:

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You can try the Spaced Repetition plugin or the Recall plugin.

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It’s not in the plugin gallery, but another option is the Shuffle plugin:

(You have to install it manually.)

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You can achieve that with the Templater plugin.

This is using the current macOS. Other OS may differ, as the plugin relies on the system command line.

  1. Create a user function (eg. question)
file="Path/To/Your/Questions File.txt"
size=$(wc -l < $file)
line=$((1 + $RANDOM % $size))
echo $(sed -n "$line"p < $file)
  1. Use that function in your desired template. For example:
# Daily 
## Daily Questions
### 1. <% tp.user.question() %>


---

### 2. <% tp.user.question() %>


---

### 3. <% tp.user.question() %>


---

### 4. <% tp.user.question() %>


---

### 5. <% tp.user.question() %>
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That’s amazing. Huge thanks! This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for the effort and writing this code.

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this does its job. it’s a little cumbersome, but it works. Thanks for the idea!

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